WET Borderlands: Renderings, Representations, and Resistance to Environmental Threats in the Great Lakes Region

• Project/Area Number: 25K03906
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
• Research Institution: Hiroshima City University
• Principal Investigator: ゴーマン マイケル 広島市立大学, 国際学部, 教授 (20625892)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2029-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: Environmental humanities / Climate crisis / Great Lakes region / Border studies / Water protectors

Outline of Research at the Start

This project explores renderings, representations, and resistance to climate/environmental threats in the Great Lakes region. It examines literature from this border region alongside disparate forms of creative expression in Canada and the United States; considers classic nature writing alongside speculative/futurist works; focuses attention on marginalized groups and the non-humans affected by environmental crises in the region; investigates links between environmental violence and human rights abuses; and underscores ways climate/environmental activism intersects with other social movements.